Bowl depicting twin figures with a fish over their heads
Bowl depicting twin figures with a fish over their heads

Currently not on view

Bowl with two interlocking millipedes,

1000–1130

Mimbres
Classic Black-on-White (Style III)
2017-111

Information

Title
Bowl with two interlocking millipedes
Dates

1000–1130

Medium
Ceramic with white and red slip-paint
Dimensions
h. 10.8 × diam. 25.4 cm (4 1/4 × 10 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2017-111
Place Excavated

North America, United States, New Mexico, Sherman, Mimbres valley, John Fowler Ranch

Inscription
Painted in black on bottom: 5412
Reference Numbers
MimPIDD: 9919
Culture
Mimbres
Period
Mimbres black-on-white
Type
bowls (vessels), ceramics
Materials
slip glaze, ceramic
Subject
spirals, insects, geometric patterns

Acquired by the current owner in 1990; George Shaw, Aspen; Nancy Magoon, Miami Beach. Acquired prior to 7/18/90.; George Shaw, Aspen, Colorado; Joe Offutt, Deming, New Mexico

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